The children in Mr Guy's class who have been studying Michael Morpurgo's 'Kensuke's Kingdom' today were looking at tropical parts of the world and got the chance to try some tropical tastes that they may not have been usually exposed to! The children got to taste: Coconut, Pineapple, Lime, Kiwi, Pomegranate, Figs, Sharon Fruit, Passion Fruit, Papaya, Mango

Latest Total = £1271

The weather broke through the skies at the Roe Valley Country Park today and allowed the kids to have a great time running and walking round the park-and to have a lovely picnic!

Although we started under grey skies and light drizzle, by the time the race was run, glorious sunshine greeted us over the line.

All the children completed the course with smiles on their faces, but there were some notable performances, including one of the highest order from Ben Garfield!

The 2.5 mile course was covered by Ben in just 17 minutes-very, very impressive-and cost Mr Guy another £20 for the charity! Ben's pace was just under seven minutes per mile-and I reckon he still had plenty left in the tank......I know, because all I saw were his heels!

Ben was followed home by David Campbell in second place and Craig Holmes in third.

Chloe Campbell was the first girl across the line in another impressive performance.

A large number of parents were there to help and we are extremely grateful to them!

However, even with Ben's performance, the best performance of the day was in the fundraising department, and the charity, chosen by the Primary 7 children-SCHOOLCHILDREN FOR CHILDREN, will benefit by at least £1,145-by far the largest amount raised in recent years!

Having passed through the local heats as a runner up, they went to Omagh today to compete inthe regional finals and, for the first ever time, won the entire competition!

The children had to complete a 'marble drop' challenge-including making the marble take as long as possible, lighting an electric light as the marble started the journey and catching it at the end.

Congratulations go to Kirsty, Kyle and Jack for their achievement-and for winning the school a new digital camera!

We framed up our scribble drawings and we think they are great!

P.6 had an enjoyable day sampling what life may have been like for a Celt! We dressed up..

. We were revisiting alliteration in our Literacy and went on to write Celtic poetry using alliteration to bring it to LIFE!!  Have a look...

We then sampled some bread that the Celts would have eaten. Food was very important to the Celts! They enjoyed lots of eating and drinking.

Art was essential to the Celts and was to our class too!

The Celts were skilled at many different arts and crafts. Are we?

We really enjoyed our day. Thank you.

The children in school this week had a double delight-two assemblies, firstly, the CEF visited on Tuesday with Jonathan and Neil, and then today, the Extreme Team came back to see us.

Both groups entertained the children in their own style-whilst also delivering important moral messages!

Thursday:

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Friday:

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This year we are supporting the charity, “schoolchildren for children.” This charity was chosen by the children in Primary Seven.

This charity promotes fitness in our schools while benefiting disadvantaged children worldwide. You can find out further information on the charity by visiting their website:

www.schoolchildrenforchildren.org

We have organised a fun run/walk for Thursday 1st May 2008 at the Roe Valley Country Park. The course is 2.5 miles in length for children from P4-7, and 1.25 miles for children in P1-3.

Between now and then we will be trying to get fit and stay healthy! We are hoping to raise £20 per family....!

Girls from different classes throughout the school have been attending afternoon dance sessions with instructor Nora Kavannagh.

The girls have been doing a range of dances and have brought them together in a final presentation piece which all the other children in school-and a number of parents-got to enjoy today.

Thank you to Nora and the children for their hard work and enthusiasm, and to the parents who turned up to support.

So that's what it's like to have hair!

The children in Primary Seven are looking at exploration and discovery this term, and were joined in class today by one of our own intrepid explorers.......the Rev. Jones!

The children really enjoyed his visit-examining all his equipment and learning a great deal from his visit!

Primary 6 and Primary 7 gilrs have been impressing many with the work that has resulted from their innovative after-school Club - CC4G.  

CC4G gives girls the opportunity to explore and learn to use creative IT applications, with the intention of improving their understanding of how IT can be used and to address their negative perception of the IT industry. 

Our Club has 14 members, who are currently enjoying many of the fun activities and have just finished their first challenge. 

The girls were asked to write and record an autocue script for a celebrity interview, imagining they were the host of their own show.  They completed this challenge to a very high standard and after writing, filming and editing their chat shows they had a preview afternoon which was enjoyed by many of their parents.

The pictures below show some of the girls with their certificates for completing their challenge.

We would just like to wish you all a Happy Easter from Primary 6! We thought our Easter art work would get you all EGGcited!

Congratulations to our winners of our annual Easter Competition-all the children took part and had great fun doing so.

The winners will all receive an Easter Egg in assembly tomorrow morning.

classroom of the future?

He can't hum a tune, but he can beat an egg!

Primary One and Two had great fun during their very busy Easter themed day today. 

They were learning about melting when making these yummy Easter nests.

They also worked hard to make these great bunny boxes to take their Easter nests home in.

They made Easter bunny ears too and to finish it all off the children were turned into bright Easter bunnies!  Have a look at how they turned out! 

World Book Week was a great success with lots of 'NOVEL' ideas! Children dressed up as their favourite character. Parents, teachers and children all worked very hard to bring books to life!!

Let's look at those P.6 characters!

P.5...Watch out Bart!

P.4 characters!

P.3 winners...

P.2 characters... Who have we got here?

P.1 winners!

We enjoyed lots of creative talking, listening, reading and writing during this week!

BOOKS ARE GREAT!!